Thursday, July 11, 2013

(Olivos, Argentina)- As part of their 150th Anniversary celebrating the
founding of the city of Olivos in Argentina, the YC Olivos held the Copa
Olivos Regatta in their fleet of J/24s. The J/24 sailors were blessed
with absolutely gorgeous sailing conditions on the Rio de lat Plata off
Buenos Aires. The races were impeccably managed by the YCO PRO Juan
Gutierrez.

On Saturday, June 29th three races were run with very good wind
offshore, with a steady oscillating breeze between 10 and 17 knots.
Sunday's sailing on June 30th was not so good, only managing to get in
one race because of so little wind.

In
the end, MENDIETA skippered by Pancho Van Avermaete won the regatta
overall with a strong 2-1-1-2 record for 6 pts overall. They were
followed by Sergio Pendola on CACIQUE sailing to a 1-2-2-3 tally for 8
pts in second. And, the Rina Cubría family (with Nicolas Cubria
steering) were third on RINA with a 5-3-3-1 for 12 pts..

The fleet welcomes the new owner of MAPUCHE (Hector Longarela) and it
looks like the Longarela brothers are surely going to be a cheerleader
for the regattas in the second half of 2013! After all, in their first
regatta they got a fourth overall!

Remember, in BA its "winter sailing" at the "summer solstice" in the
northern hemisphere! But, we can still sail while our friends ski in
the famous ski resort of Cordoba off to the West in the Andes Mountains.

Of further note, it was a very encouraging start for the crew of the
CUBA MATACO Club that was led by Miguel Cutuli-- a very outstanding
performance. TIGRE II was sailed by William Benchetrit and Claudio
Monaco, showing excellent sportsmanship, speed and perhaps the most
improved sailor of the group.
For more J/24 Copa Olivos sailing information